Sugar Land had a few dining options in its early days. During the 1940s and '50s White's Cafe was a popular option. Here is a brief history with photos from an edition of The Houston Post printed in January 1952. It featured a section on Sugar Land's new shopping center on Highway-90A across from the refinery.
The top photo in the ad for White's Cafe shows what many residents called 'The Root Beer Stand.' It was located on the land where the 'new' shopping center was built. The lower photo shows the Cafe on the corner of Ulrich and Highway-90A west of The Palms Theater. (It's the restaurant I knew; several proprietors, including Herbert Haas, Marshall Durr, and the McGinnes family ran it through the years.)
The Post feature included the following short article on J. B. Fowler.
